2. At the same time, press and hold the Volume Up(+) buttons, POWER, Home for a couple of seconds.
3. Release the retained buttons when the orange screen appears.
4. To enter Recovery mode, press the Volume Up(+) and Volume down buttons .
5. Select in the menu wipe data / factory reset using the Volume Up(+)/Down(-) keys to go through the menu items and the POWER button to confirm .
6. Select in the menu Yes - Delete All user data and press the POWER button to confirm the operation.
7. Select in the menu "reboot system now" and press the POWER button to confirm the operation.
Hard Reset - advantages and disadvantages Archos 50 Helium 4G?
In simple words, Hard Reset means hard resetting the phone. As a result, the system automatically returns to the factory settings and the system is completely cleared. Contacts, correspondence, application, files, search queries, passwords - all of this is deleted from the device's memory.
Benefits of Hard Reset:
The ability to reset the phone to factory settings. Removing viruses that have entered your phone. Solving problems that have arisen on the device, for example, between the camera and other applications.
Disadvantages of Hard Reset:
Completely deletes all user data on the device. The need to have an up-to-date backup of your data, contacts, settings and media files. Unfortunately, in some cases, not all viruses on Android will be removed, even after a hard reset.
What needs to be done before the Hard Reset operation.
If you want to do a hard reset on your phone, then make sure you know the login / password for your google account. So that, after performing a factory reset, you do not need to remember the login password for the google account, you can log out of the google account before the hard reset. If, after the hard reset procedure, the phone is locked by the FRP and you cannot log into your Google account, then you need to find instructions for bypassing the FRP lock for your phone model. You will need to contact the official service center to bypass the FRP protection on some new phone models.
After performing a hard reset, your device will be completely wiped clean. Everything that was in the memory of your device will be deleted.
What can be done to avoid losing important information?
If important information (contacts, photos, videos) remains in the memory of your phone, then it can be saved in several ways:
Synchronize your phone with Google contacts, Google drive. Using the Titanium Backup program, create a backup. Using the service programs for your phone model, you can transfer important data to your PC.